H. Moser & Cie., one of the founding brands of Geneva Watch Days, brings both high technology and watch architecture to another point with the Streamliner Tourbillon Vantablack.
H. Moser & Cie., whose technical prowess (Precision Engineering AG), courage to innovate, and a sense of humor that always accompanies them, do admirable work. It previously experimented with Vantablack in watchmaking and made concept watches (Perpetual Moon Concept, 2018). Vantablack, which we saw for the first time on the MCT S110 Evo Vantablack by Anish Kapoor model by Anish Kapoor in 2016, was spotted on Instagram as an April 1st joke with a handless and all-black watch by H. Moser and Cie.
Contrary to expectations, the watch was very popular, and production started a year later. We saw the latest example of the brand’s Vantablack adventure with the Streamliner Chronograph “Blacker Than Black” at the Watches & Wonders Fair in April 2022. H. Moser & Cie. finally, he took the fruit of his patient and stubborn attitude with the Streamliner Tourbillon Vantablack, which came out in a rose gold version after the all-steel model.
However, I think it’s not just its technical prowess (the tourbillon is a masterpiece, of course) or simply the use of the purest black color that makes the Streamliner Tourbillon Vantablack watch charismatic. Streamliner Tourbillon Vantablack; The 5N rose gold integrated bracelet and 40 mm diameter case have a charm due to the extraordinary harmony of the jet black dial and hypnotic tourbillon mechanism (if an integrated bracelet and case anthology is to be made, the Streamliner series will take its place in the first place on the wrist).
It is also worth mentioning the Vantablack, who gave the watch its name: After years of research by the National Physical Laboratory in England, great progress was made and Vantablack was the closest black to black. Later this work was developed by Surrey NanoSystems and new commercial patents were obtained. After the usage rights were bought by Anish Kapoor, there was great controversy in the art world.
In fact, as it is known, black is not considered a color, because unlike colors, when it comes to black, it is necessary to consider that it is a surface coating or substance that does not reflect the light falling on it. Another interesting piece of information is that there is nothing in the universe that is 100 percent black. VantaBlack, on the other hand, is the darkest black we know: It absorbs 99.96% of light. Vanta (Vertically Aligned Nano Tube Arrays) means vertically placed nanotube arrays and in many areas; It is especially used in scientific research, optical instruments such as telescopes, military fields, automobile industry, decoration, architecture, fashion and art.
With the one-minute tourbillon mechanism that continues to work in the surrounding darkness, I think it is impossible for the person looking at the clock not to be hypnotized. However, as I said at the beginning of the article, the biggest compliment should be the rose gold Streamliner case and integrated bracelet, which embraces the darkness with grace.
